AIJAC welcomes Australia vote against UNHRC resolutions
March 25, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s principled decision to vote against all resolutions under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) biased Agenda Item 7, which each year is devoted exclusively to condemning Israel. Read more
Julie Bishop addresses UIA Women’s Division
March 25, 2019 by Roz Tarszisz
Jewish women from all over Sydney attended a sold-out breakfast event to hear The Right Hon Julie Bishop MP, headline speaker for this year’s UIA Women’s Division. Federal Member for Wentworth, Dr Kerryn Phelps, was among the guests.
Purim stories
March 24, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mastermind of Eichmann’s capture passes away at 92
March 24, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin are among those who are mourning the death of Rafi Eitan, the man who masterminded the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Read more
UNHRC adopts five anti-Israel resolutions
March 24, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer blasted the United Nations Human Rights Council for its adoption of five anti-Israel resolutions, four of which fell under Item 7 targeting Israel, the only country-specific permanent item on the Council’s agenda, and one under Item 2. Read more
Purim in Israel
March 22, 2019 by TPS-IL
The cameras were out to record Purim in Israel…in Bnei Brak, in Holon and with tight security in Hebron. Russian Holocaust survivors videoed celebrating the festival in music and dance. Read more
Trump: Time for US to ‘fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights’
March 22, 2019 by JNS
Amid recent calls for such a move, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday his support for Israel to remain in control over the strategic Golan Heights region. Read more
Holocaust survivors celebrate Purim in Jerusalem
March 21, 2019 by TPS-IL
Holocaust Survivors who immigrated from the Soviet Union celebrate Purim in an organized event by “Kesher Hadorot” association in Jerusalem. Read more
Just in time for Purim: Persian jar decorated with mask found in Jerusalem’s Old City
March 21, 2019 by TPS-IL
A fragment of a clay jar decorated with a human face dating back to the Persian period was discovered in the Givati parking lot excavation in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, the first time such a vessel was found in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem or any site in the Judean Hills. Read more
New Zealand Jewish invites donations to assist the families affected by the Christchurch massacre
March 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following Friday’s heinous terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques, the New Zealand Jewish community has been overwhelmed by enquiries and offers of financial support from its members, as well as overseas Jewish organisations and individuals. Read more
Israeli minister Bennett calls on Poland to deny entry to Holocaust-denier Irving
March 21, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett is calling on Poland to reject Holocaust-denier David Irving from entering the country to give his nine-day tour of concentration and death camps in September. Read more
WJC praises the UK decision to vote against UNHRC anti-Israel resolutions
March 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised the United Kingdom’s decision to vote against Permanent Agenda Item 7 resolutions at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more
$2 million bequest to teach modern and biblical Hebrew
March 21, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime witness in Case 3000 recants to Israeli police, says he did not bribe anyone
March 21, 2019 by JNS
In a surprise legal twist in “Case 3000,” in which many of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close associates are accused of taking bribes in exchange for the successful purchase by the Israeli Navy of submarines made by Germany’s ThyssenKrupp ship-building company, the lead witness against the prime minister is now recanting his testimony. Read more
A stone for Christchurch
March 20, 2019 by Henry Benjamin
Members of New Zealand’s community visited Christchurch to show support to the grieving families of those who were brutally massacred last Friday as they were assembling for prayers. Read more
NSW Liberals pledge $2 million for Jewish community if re-elected
March 20, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Addressing the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ Coogee Candidates Forum last night, Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith MP announced that a re-elected Liberal State Government would grant $2 million to the Jewish community for security funding. Read more
South Korea invests in the Weizmann Institute
March 20, 2019 by Yael Edelman
Two South Korean concerns have committed to investing a total of $12 million in spinout companies incorporated by Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Read more
Israeli forces kill shooter of IDF soldier, rabbi near Ariel
March 20, 2019 by Agencies
Israeli special units have shot dead a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and killing 19-year-old Sgt. Gal Keidan, stealing his gun and using it to fire at Israeli soldier Alexander Dvorsky and Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger outside the city of Ariel on Sunday. Read more
Security grants welcomed
March 19, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Community leaders have welcomed Prime Minister Morrison’sannouncement of $55 million in grants to increase security, following the terrorist attacks in New Zealand. Read more
Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, father of 12 who fired back at Ariel terrorist, is laid to rest
March 19, 2019 by JNS
Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, a 47-year-old father of 12 who was critically injured in a terrorist attack near Ariel on Sunday, succumbed to his wounds on Monday morning and was laid to rest. Read more
Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, critically wounded in terror attack, dies
March 18, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, critically wounded in Sunday’s shooting attack at the Ariel Junction in Samaria passed away this morning. (Monday). Read more
Beresheet’s lunar landing site revealed
March 18, 2019 by Yael Edelman
The main scientific instrument on board the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft, the SpaceIL Magnetometer (SILMAG), has now been successfully turned on in space and data returned to Earth. Read more
IDF First Sergeant Gal Qeidan killed in Samaria terror attack
March 18, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The soldier who was killed Sunday morning in the terror attack at the Ariel Junction in Samaria has been named as First Sergeant Gal Qeidan, a combat soldier in the 334th Battalion in the Artillery Corps. Read more
Community leaders in a service for remembrance for Christchurch victims
March 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish community representatives joined Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Baha’i leaders at a moving Interfaith Service of Remembrance for the victims of the terror attacks in Christchurch at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral. Read more
The dignity of difference
March 18, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce event that “the Jewish people know what it’s like to be the victim of hate-speech, to be politically objectified”. Read more
Terror attack in Samaria: 1 Israeli dead, 2 wounded
March 17, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza spiralling into havoc following anti-Hamas protests
March 17, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Thousands of Gazans have taken to streets in recent days to protest Hamas’ oppressive rule, the dire economic conditions and the rise in taxes. Read more
New Zealand community cancels Shabbat services in wake of mosque shootings
March 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
All synagogues and other community centres in New Zeland remain closed including Kadimah, the Jewish day school which nopt open tomorrow. Read more
More organisations send condolences
March 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Government bans Yiannopoulos…again
March 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
